COMMUNITY DIALOG: NORTH COUNTY

Finally, Jenkins’ reference to Rush as media’s fattest cat is really a slur and coupled with his other derogatory descriptions puts Jenkins in the same category as he attempts to put Rush Limbaugh.

Dan Albee

Escondido

Returning warriors need transition help

I belong to a volunteer group of combat veterans, ACVOW (American Combat Veterans of War). We are a nonprofit working with returning Iraq and Afghanistan veterans. We have offices at the VA in La Jolla, Oceanside and Camp Pendleton. ACVOW helps young men and women through the process of attaining their health care and educational benefits after they return from the war zone.

I read the article on the group Invisible Children (“S.D. group puts African villain on cyber radar,” March 9). It’s easy to see why people give donations to a group that is helping to eradicate a warlord who preys on youth. I was 19 years old when I went into the military — not a child, but not far from it.

We see thousands of our warrior children every year, struggling to re-establish themselves back into civilian society. The young men and women in our wars need help and lots of it.

Ernie D’Leon

Encinitas

Location, location, location

The so-called positive effects of rent decontrol (“Mobile home residents weigh ballot issue suit,” Local reports, Feb. 15) are not justified by cities but rather by location.

Mobile home parks in Chula Vista and Escondido do not share the same supply/demand equation that applies to the choice piece of Oceanside land that lies just west of Interstate 5 and a short distance to the ocean. With no rent control, the Cavalier Mobile Estates would be inundated by younger professionals, downsizing or retiring locals and weekenders from Orange County and other points north. While rents will go up fast and significantly, it’s also possible sale prices won’t collapse either.

I’m neither pro nor con on the issue, but let’s put out the truth, please.

Gary Fletcher

Poway

Waterfront plan should be embraced

In response to “Stadium plan: Let the real debate begin” (Editorial, March 7): I really appreciate the U-T San Diego’s consistency and staking a persistent stand on the downtown waterfront development.

First of all, there was a recent article in The Wall Street Journal questioning the arms race between cities and their convention center expansions. The consensus was that there is far too much development of convention space in the U.S. and competition is only becoming fiercer. Suffice it to say, the San Diego Convention Center would be a far superior draw with the U-T proposed waterfront development.

One wonders why San Diego Mayor Jerry Sanders and Port District Chairman Lou Smith don’t embrace these ideas to better our waterfront immensely and offer an “LA Live” version for San Diego that will only increase local patronage, tourism and tax revenues.